People · United States
Benjamin Bates
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023BATE02
Benjamin Bates has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.73, set at Bowling Green 2025, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,366th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2023, he has put 43 official solves on the record across six events. Benjamin has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.73 | 12.06 | top 4.2% | 2,366 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.17 | 5.92 | top 12.1% | 1,879 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.08 | 1:24.10 | top 16.9% | 1,153 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 3.26 | 3.86 | top 17.3% | 6,774 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 44.41 | 52.76 | top 17.5% | 2,660 / 19,072 | |
| 6×6 | 3:34.66 | 4:08.27 | early days — 3 solves | 2,145 / 4,196 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The story so far
- 30 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.73 at Bowling Green 2025.
- 22 Jul 2023First competition: Flag City Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Bowling Green 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Flag City Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Caleb Lalik — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sean Cutshaw — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carson Clark (张卡森) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.